The Legion of Tremendous-Heroes has been round since 1958, debuting two years earlier than the Justice League and 18 years after the Justice Society, the primary superhero group ever. Nonetheless, whereas each of these DC Comics teams have been spotlighted in live-action motion pictures over the past a number of years, there’s been no phrase concerning the Legion being given the identical honor. However ought to the day come that these characters from the thirty first century ever grace the massive display, Josie Campbell, who wrote the animated, direct-to-video DC film Legion of Tremendous-Heroes, already is aware of the “key aspect” she’d prefer to see in it.
Having beforehand written for Teen Titans Go! and Justice League Motion, Legion of Tremendous-Heroes, the newest installment within the Tomorrowverse continuity following final yr’s Inexperienced Lantern: Beware My Energy (which will be streamed with an HBO Max subscription), gave her the chance to work on a DC-related mission directed at older audiences. However as my dialog along with her unfolded, Campbell shared that she’s been a Legion of Tremendous-Heroes fan for a very long time, so between that and having written this new film, I requested her what the primary factor was she’d prefer to see in a live-action film targeted on the Legion. She responded:
I believe in the event that they had been to do a live-action model… it’s arduous, as a result of I really feel like the important thing aspect I’d need to see can be the half that’s hardest to translate, which is that the Legion isn’t made up of 1 sort of energy or one sort of particular person. To place it bluntly, it’s a bunch of weirdos. It’s a bunch of individuals with unusual powers and unusual backstories coming collectively. It’s actually arduous to do, however I believe in case you wished to do a Legion story proper in live-action, it’s important to embrace that proven fact that these are a bunch of bizarre guys coming to avoid wasting the world.
The Legion of Tremendous-Heroes is certainly made up of a bunch of weirdos, even by superhero requirements. Even simply wanting on the above image from the animated Legion of Tremendous-Heroes film, you possibly can see Arm-Fall-Off Boy and Bouncing Boy, two characters with among the goofiest powers to ever grace DC Comics lore. However as Josie Campbell sees it, a live-action Legion of Tremendous-Heroes film must embrace that weirdness relatively than deviate from it with a view to stand out from the group. Frankly, in my thoughts, in case you get the suitable filmmakers behind it, the Legion of Tremendous-Heroes might be the DC equal of what Guardians of the Galaxy was for the MCU.
A handful of Legion of Tremendous-Heroes characters have already been tailored into live-action for Smallville and Supergirl, and the group’s different notable appearances outdoors the comics embody their very own animated collection that aired within the mid-2000s, Superman: The Animated Sequence, Justice League Limitless and Justice League vs. The Deadly 5. Again in 2015, it was rumored that DC was creating a live-action Legion of Tremendous-Heroes film, however nothing ever got here of it. Whereas there are 5 upcoming DC motion pictures and 5 upcoming DC TV exhibits now on the slate for the DC Universe’s “Gods and “Monsters” period, perhaps DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran can discover a place for the group later down the road.
As for this animated Legion of Tremendous-Heroes film, which comes out on Tuesday February 7 from Warner Bros. Residence Leisure, it follows Meg Donnelly’s Supergirl touring to the thirty first century to coach at Legion Academy, the place she’ll meet a wide range of colourful characters, together with Brainiac 5, performed by Harry Shum Jr. (who’s now recreation to play a villain in a live-action superhero film). Director Jeff Wamester was “excited” to deal with the Legion after helming Justice Society: World Warfare II and Inexperienced Lantern: Beware My Energy, and the forged additionally contains Darren Criss, Jensen Ackles, Darren Criss and Yuri Lowenthal, amongst many others.
